The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-27
WORKING on THE LAWS.
THE SENATE CONFIRMS a BATCH
OF APPOINTMENTS

MIR. Peok's Bill TO Provide For the Re-
cording OF Executions Lost &c. The
Senate Temperance Committee Re-
ports Favorably the Wine Room Bill
and Asks It's Recommittal.
ATLANTA, GA. July 26-In the Senate
so-day the special order was the bill intro
duced by Mr. Peek to provide for tie re
co!riiny of executions based on judgments
from courts not of record, or. being courts
Of record. have no execution docket There
we're majority and minority reports on the
bill. The latter was adversely to its pass
age Arguments We're made by MeSsTs.
Butt, Robert, and Hawkes. for the bill, and
by Messrs NoIthcutt and James against it.
The bill was lost.
The Temperance Committee reported
favorably the House wine room bill, and
asked its recommittal.
The following new bills We're introduced:
BY Mr.. Peek. of the Twenty-scvcnth-A
bill to allow the authorities Of the county of
OcOnee, in con junction with the authorities
of the county of Clarke, to contract for the
building of bridges over any water course
between the two counties, Also bin 10
amend an act creating a board OF commits
sioners Of roads and revenues for the county
of Oconee, touching the compensation of the
commissioners and the clerk OF the board.
By Mr. Powell. of the Twenty -sccond-A
bill to amend the charter of the town of
GAINESVILLE SO as 70 provide for the election
pf a Mayor and Aldermen, etc.
BY Mr. Roberts of the Fourteenth-A
bill to amend the act Incorporating the Sa-
vannah and Western railroad.
II In, Ha-1th 4 hill 70
place the county Of Lee in the Albany jul
dicial circuit, and the county of Decatur in
the southern circuit.
By Mr.. Wofford of the Thirty Third-A
bill to prohibit the sale Of liquor within
three miles of the Lula Methodist church i'll
Hall county.
on THIRD READING.
Bills on their third reading Jared as fol
lows:
Bill of Mr.. Northcutt, making it unlaw
ful for any person or corporation 20 charge
DR. receive greater rate OF interest than
per cent. for money loaned on real estate
10 include all charges of commission, loans
etc. Mr.. Northcutt made speech in sup
port of bill and it passed.
By Mr., RObertS-TO regulate the practice
In the Superior Courts in rules brought
against officers of the court or attorneys Mt
law, and also to regulate the practice in
claim cases and declaring who shall open
and conclude in the argument in such cases.
The bill provides that the plaintiff in eXecu-
ton shall have the right to open and con-
clude, except where the claimant introduces
new evidence, in which case the claimant
shall open and conclude Also to regulate
the practice in cases of new trial
A bill by Mr. Dean, to authorize amend
ments to be made to the schedule of assets
in voluntary assignments for the benefit of
creditors, was after some debate tabled.
Mr.. Powell, Chairman of the Finance
Committee, introduced by instruction Of
the committee joint resolution authorizing
the Governor to employ counsel to institute
suit in the Court of Claims of the United
States for the recovery of S}5, 300, which,
by act of Congress has been decided due
.be State of Georgia on the old Peter Troze-
want claim, and which Judge Lawrence, as
First Comptroller of the Treasury, refused
TO pay.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
The Senate went into executive session on
a sealed communication from the Governor
and confirmed the following appointments:
|. s. Barnett, to I've Judge of the County
Court of Wilkes county.
f. ~. OBrien, to be Solicitor of the City
Court OF Atlanta.
Sylvania Morris. to be Solicitor of the
City Court of Athens
w. NJ. Harrel to be Solicitor of tho City
Court Of Decatur county
Ii. T. Dunwody, TO be Solicitor of the
County Court OF Glynn county.
Joseph II. Felker, TO be Solicitor of the
County Court of Walton county.
William Wynn, to be Solicitor of the
County Court of Wilkes county.